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    Difference in weight of wheels

    Is there a significant difference in the weight between the older star mags and the next model mags with six spokes?

    I want to see if it would be benificial to switch to the newer mags for weight reduction. I know the newer gixxer wheels would be best but I just got new tires and want to make a cheap easy swap.

    Adam

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    I put pre '98 600 katana wheels on my '83. They are a lot lighter!
    Dee Durant '83 750es (Overly molested...) '88 gl1500 (Yep, a wing...)

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      Did you have to do any modifications to make them fit? How much of a performance difference did they make?

      Adam

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        Rear wheel was an almost direct swap, for the front I just swapped the whole fork assembly, steering head bearings are the exact same. Took some modifing of instrument mounts ect. But the handling is better, radial tires rock!
        Dee Durant '83 750es (Overly molested...) '88 gl1500 (Yep, a wing...)

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